Everybody who’s ever thrown a leg over a motorcycle has a story about when they crashed.\u00a0 This guy (who’s name I do not know) has us all beat.\u00a0 Last Thursday night, our unnamed hero was riding his Harley-Davidson across the Oakland Bay Bridge (the other big bridge connecting San Francisco to the mainland) when some dweeb in a Mini Cooper merged into his lane.\u00a0 A crash ensued, the rider came off the bike and suffered minor injuries, but the Harley kept going.\u00a0 And going.\u00a0 And going.\u00a0 Until it hit the rail and (you guessed it) went over the side.<\/p>\n
The Oakland Bay Bridge is 190 feet above the Bay.<\/p>\n
This fellow sounds like one tough (and lucky) dude.\u00a0 According to the news reports, he transported himself to the hospital, where he was treated and released.\u00a0 Also according to the news reports, no citations were issued to either our would-be U-boat commander or the Mini pilot.<\/p>\n
The CHP and the Fire Department say they know exactly where the bike is.\u00a0 (So do I.\u00a0 It’s in San Francisco Bay.)\u00a0 The emergency responders will attempt to recover the motorcycle at a later date (the water under the bridge is about 100 feet deep).\u00a0 They are worried about it leaking gas and oil into the Bay.\u00a0 There’s a joke in there somewhere.\u00a0 \u00a0Harleys are known to leak both, you know.\u00a0 I know Harley is moving to liquid cooling, but this is ridiculous.\u00a0 There’s got to be more.\u00a0 Let’s hear ’em.<\/p>\n
As motorcycle crash stories go, this has to be one for the ages.\u00a0 I’m glad our hero (whoever he is) came through it with only minor injuries.\u00a0 Ah, the stories he’ll be able to tell.<\/p>\n
So, here’s an invitation.\u00a0 Recognizing it’s not likely any of us will ever be able to top this story, what’s yours?\u00a0 Got a good crash story?\u00a0 We’d love to hear it.<\/p>\n
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